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Zoological  Series.  Vol.    i,   No.  3. 


ON   SUNDRY   COLLECTIONS    OF 
MAMMALS 


D.  G.  Elliot,   F.  R.  S.  E., 

Curator,    Department  of  "Zoology. 
(Except   Ornithology.) 


Chicago,   U.  S.  A. 

May,    1896. 


PUBLICATIONS  OF  THE  MUSEUM. 


For  the  convenience  of  scientific  workers  it  has  been  deemed 
expedient  to  issue  the  publications  of  the  Museum  in  separate  series 
for  each  of  the  sciences  represented.  The  following  series  have  been 
established  :  Historical,  Geological,  Botanical,  Zoological,  Ornitho- 
logical and  Anthropological. 

A  consecutive  number  has  been  given  tbe  entire  set  of  pub- 
lications to  indicate  the  order  of  issue.  Each  departmental  series, 
however,  has  its  own  volume  number  and  individual  consecutive 
pagination,  making  the  literature  of  the  science,  or  general  subject, 
independent  and  complete  for  separate  binding:  or  they  may  be 
bound  in  order  of  publication  without  relation  to  subject.  Proceed- 
ings, memoirs,  monographs,  bulletins,  and  hand-books  and  catalogues 
of  collections,  are  included  within  the  scope  of  the  publications. 

Full  lists  of  the  publications  of  the  Museum  may  be  found  in  the 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 

Publications  are  sent  to  societies  and  institutions  of  a  public 
character  that  reciprocate  with  their  own  literature,  and  to  a  limited 
number  of  scientists  who  are  able  to  exchange. 

Two  publications  have  been  previously  issued  in  the  Zoological 
Series:  Hay,  "On  the  Structure  and  Development  of  the  Vertebral 
Column  of  Amia,"  (Pub.  5),  and  Hay.  "On  certain  portions  of  the 
Skeleton  of  Protestega  gigai,"  (Pub.  7). 

Frederk  k  J.  Y.  Skiff, 

Director. 


ON  SUNDRY  COLLECTIONS  OF  MAMMALS  RECEIVED  BY  THE 
FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  FROM  DIFFERENT  LOCALI- 
TIES, WITH  DESCRIPTIONS  OF  SUPPOSED  NEW  SPECIES 
AND  SUB  SPECIES.— D.  G.  ELLIOT,  F.  R.  S.  E. 


I.     a    LIS!     "I     MAMMALS    OBTAINED    BY     THE    MENAGE  EXPEDITION  TO  BOR- 
NEO    IND    THE    PHILIPPINE    ARCHIPE]   VGO. 

In  1894  Messrs.  F.  S.  Bourns  and  D.  C.  Worcester  published  an 
abbreviated  list  of  the  mammals  procured  by  them  in  "Preliminary 
Notes  "  issued  by  the  Minnesota  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  but 
mam  species  had  not  at  that  time  been  ascertained.  The  Field 
Columbian  Museum  having  obtained  a  number  of  species,  I  give  the 
names  as  determined  by  me,  and  the  list  will  serve  to  supplement 
that  of  Messrs.  Bourns  and  Worcester. 

Sus  ahaenobarbus  Hint. 

Two  specimens,  a  male  and  female,  Palawan. 

This  species,  the  male  of  which  was  described  by  Huet  in 
Le  Naturaliste,  1888,  p.  5,  differs  considerably  from  Sits  Pliilip- 
pensis  in  general  appearance,  and  in  the  shape  of  the  skull  and 
teeth.  As  these  have  been  figured  by  Huet,  1.  c. ,  the  latter  species 
under  the  name  of  .S.  marchei,  it  will  not  be  necessary  for  me 
to  go  into  the  details  of  their  differences.  The  female,  however, 
not  having  been  procured  by  Huet,  a  short  description  of  its  general 
appearance  may  not  be  amiss.  Nose,  flesh  color;  a  broad  band  of 
black  hairs  crosses  the  nose  from  margin  of  upper  lip,  remainder  of 
nose  and  sides  of  head  tawny  ochraceous.  Space  between  eyes,  top 
of  head,  and  line  down  back  of  head,  black.  Hairs  on  back  of  neck 
very  long,  rufous  with  black  bases.  Whiskers  quite  long,  yellow- 
ish-white, with  black  hairs  intermingled.  Skin  of  body  tawny 
ochraceous  (which  gives  the  general  color  to  the  animal),  and  all  of 
it  covered  sparsely  with  black  hairs,  longest  and  thickest  in  the  mid- 
dle of  the  back.  The  hairs  between  the  shoulders  are  rufous  for  a 
third  of  their   apical  length.      Tail   covered  along  the  center  on  top 

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68  Field  Columbian  Museum— Zoology,  Vol.  i. 

with  short  black  hairs,  and  the  end  tufted  with  the  same.  Legs  cov- 
ered with  short  black  hairs.  Ears  not  tufted.  Hoofs  narrow,  black 
and  pointed.  The  head  is  very  long  and  narrow,  with  the  nasal  por- 
tion greatly  elongated.  This  species  is  given  in  Messrs.  Uean  and 
Worcester's  list. 

Cervulus  muntjac  Zimm. 

A  male  and  female  from  Borneo,  the  face  of  the  male  being  very 
dark,  in   fact,  black,    probably   only  an   individual  variation. 

Cervus  — ?  Plates  VI.  VII. 

A  number  of  specimens  of  a  small  brown  deer,  adults  of  both 
sexes  as  well  as  immature  individuals  from  the  island  of  Culion.  As 
there  does  not  appear  to  be  a  description  of  this  species  in  any 
European  publication,  I  give  one  of    the  skin  and  skull. 

General  Characters.  Hair  rather  coarse  and  stiff,  longest  and 
most  coarse  on  the  flanks.  Body  rather  stout,  legs  slender,  hind  ones 
longest.  Ears  rather  long,  slightly  rounded  at  tip.  Head  slender, 
nose  rather  long  and  pointed.  Hoofs  narrow  and  pointed.  Ears 
hair}',  the  hairs  on  inside  long  and  thick. 

Adult  Male.  Nose  and  sides  of  face  in  front  and  around  eyes 
pale  yellowish-brown.  Forehead  mummy-brown,  hairs  tipped  with 
yellowish-brown.  Horn  pedicles  ochraceous.  Back  of  neck,  back 
and  sides  mummy-brown,  the  hairs  being  whitish  at  base,  then  a  ring 
of  ochraceous,  and  tip  black,  sometimes  the  tip  is  ochraceous.  The 
general  hue  of  the  body  then  is  mummy-brown  with  a  shade  over  all 
of  ochraceous.  From  between  the  shoulders  to  root  of  tail  is  a  black 
dorsal  stripe  of  about  an  inch  in  width.  End  of  under  lip  yellowish- 
white,  surrounded  by  a  band  of  pale  brown,  and  space  between 
jaws  beneath  yellowish-white.  Ears  mars-brown,  hairs  tipped  with 
ochraceous.  Front  of  neck  pale  yellowish-brown  like  sides  of  face. 
Chest,  shoulder,  under  parts,  except  bell}'  and  outside  of  thighs, 
purplish-brown,  with  many  long  white  hairs  intermingled  with  those 
of  the  other  color.  Belly  and  inside  of  thighs  white.  Forelegs 
blackish-brown,  inclining  to  ferrugineous  behind.  Hind  legs  blackish- 
brown  with  along  narrow  whitish  stripe  in  front  of  the  knees.  Hoofs 
black.  Horns  in  the  velvet,  whitish-brown.  End  of  nose  and  center 
of  upper  lip  naked,  jet  black.  Tail  rather  bushy,  mummy-brown 
above,  white  beneath. 

Adult  Females.  General  color  throughout  pale  yellowish-brown, 
darkest  in  the  center  of  the  back  and  top  of  head.  Fore  legs  prout's 
brown  on  the  outside,  inside  russet.  Hind  legs  russet;  stripe  in  front 
of    knee  dark    buff.      Center   of  belly  yellowish-white.      Tail  bushy, 


May,  1S96.     Sundry  Collections  of  Mammals — Elliot.  69 

russet  above,  white  beneath.  Hoofs  black.  Ears  dark  brown  out- 
side, hairs  tipped  with  buff;   inside  white. 

Skull  of  Male.  The  roof  of  the  cranial  cavity  is  arched,  rising 
but  slightly  at  the  forward  portion  above  the  plane  of  the  face,  but 
declining  sharply  from  the  junction  of  the  frontals  and  parietals  to 
the  supra-occipital.  The  general  shape  is  rather  narrow  with  a  mod- 
erately long  face,  diminishing  rapidly  in  width  from  the  anterior  edge 
of  first  premolar.  The  premaxillae  are  very  long,  and  from  their 
upper  posterior  borders  to  extreme  anterior  edge  are  equal  in  length 
to  the  nasals.  Distance  from  anterior  end  of  nasals  to  end  of  premax- 
1II.1  1  ,  inches.  Antorbital  fossa  occupies  nearly  all  the  lachrymal; 
is  deep  and  measures  in  length  about  seven-eighths  the  diameter  of 
the  orbit.  Antorbital  vacuity  rather  large,  reaching  about  three- 
fourths  the  length  of  the  upper  border  of  the  antorbital  fossa,  and 
three-eighths  of  an  inch  wide  in  its  broadest  part.  There  is  a  slight 
sagittal  crest  commencing  at  the  junction  of  the  frontals  and  parietals 
and  extending  forward  on  the  frontal  plateau  to  the  middle  of  the 
orbits.  Nasals  much  rounded  posteriori}',  becoming  flatter  at  their 
anterior  extremity.  Parietal  much  longer  than  broad  in  its  widest 
part.  Occipital  condyles  large.  Paroccipital  processes  flat,  broad 
above,  tapering  rapidly  to  a  point,  and  curving  inward.  Auditory 
bulla5  large  and  prominent.  The  mesopterygoid  fossa  is  quite  short 
in  proportion  to  the  length  of  the  skull,  and  the  auditory  bulla? 
extend  in  width  about  half  its  length.  Teeth  of  moderate  size,  with 
small  supplementary  columns  on  the  molar  series.  Horn  pedicles 
quite  long,  commencing  at  the  upper  border  of  the  orbit  and  rising 
nine-tenths  of  an  inch  above  the  cranium,  and  extending  upward  and 
backward  from  the  orbit.  The  horns  are  in  the  velvet,  and  probably 
have  not  attained  their  full  growth.  The  burr  is  of  moderate  size 
and  only  slightly  exceeding  the  beam  in  diameter.  This  last  is  flat- 
tened at  base,  extends  upwards  and  curves  outwards  for  5j4 
inches  on  the  left  side,  and  6}£  inches  on  the  right,  and  both  turned 
inward  at  tip.  A  straight  brow  antler  branches  off  about  an  inch 
above  the  burr  and  rises  for  about  three  inches,  the  right  being 
slightly  longer  than  the  left.  Extreme  width  between  horns 
at  apex  nine  inches.  Width  between  burrs,  1  ?4  inches.  The 
coronoid  process  of  the  mandible  is  greatly  curved,  and  its  point 
extends  behind  the  condyle.  The  ramus  is  also  greatly  curved  on  its 
lower  border  from  the  angle  to  the  anterior  edge  of  first  lower  premolar. 
The  mental  foramina  are  large,  oblique,  and  with  the  exterior  border 
spread  outward. 

A  skull  of  an  old  female  resembles  the  above  described  one  of 
the   male,    but    is    more   slenderly   built,    with    narrower    frontals   and 


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slightly  larger  nasals.  The  cranium  is  arched  in  a  similar  manner 
with  the  same  sharp  decline  of  the  parietal  to  the  supraoccipital,  and 
has  the  small  sagittal  elevation  anterior  to  the  parietal  suture.  Also 
the  depression  is  less  in  the  posterior  portion  of  the  frontals.  The 
antorbital  fossa  is  not  so  wide  nor  deep  as  that  of  the  male,  but  the 
antorbital  vacuity  is  very  extensive.  The  auditor}'  bulla;  are  very 
large,  resembling  in  this  respect  those  of   C.  porcinns. 

MEASUREMENTS    OF    SKULL    OF    MALE.      ' 

Total  length  in  straight  line  from  tip  of  nose  to  lambdoidal  suture, 
Point  of  premaxilla  to  tip  of  nasals,       ------ 

Length  of  premaxilla, 

Length  of  nasals,  

Anterior  rim  of  orbit  to  free  end  of   premaxilla, 
Upper  end  of  nasals  to  fronto-parietal  suture,       - 
Across  maxilla  one  inch  in  front  of  rim  of  orbit, 
Across  maxilla  two  inches  in  front  of  rim  of  orbit, 

Extent  of  upper  premolars,         - 

Extent  of  upper  molars,  -------- 

Extent  of  lower  premolars,  -.-.-_ 

Extent  of  lower  molars, 

Circumference  of  burr,  -  

Length  of  humerus  from  head,  - 

Length  of  ulna  (extreme),     -         -        - 

Length  of  radius,  - 

Length  of  metacarpal  canon  bone,      ------ 

Length  of  femur  from  upper  border  of  head  to  lower  extremity 

of  internal  condyle, -        - 

Length  of  tibia  (extreme),  - 

Length  of  metatarsal  canon  bone,  - 

I  have  refrained  from  giving  a  name  to  this  species  and  so  possi- 
bly escaped  adding  a  useless  synonym,  for  the  reason  that  Mr. 
Worcester  writes  me  he  thinks  it  probable  that  P.  Heude  has  described 
it  already.  His  paper,  which  may  contain  a  description,  is  entitled 
"  Problema  Philippinense  sur  Cervinorum,  Cranium,  etc.,  Memoires 
concernant  l'Histoire  Naturelle  de  l'Empire  Chinois,  Zi-Ka-\Yei, 
1887."  I  have  never  seen  this  paper,  and  am  not  aware  if  there  is  a 
copy  in  this  country,  but  it  seems  to  include  all  specimens  of  Philip- 
pine deer  under  various  appellations.  I  can  only  give  the  above 
descriptions  of  the  examples  in  the  collection  of  this  institution,  trust- 
ing that  some  more  fortunate  fellow-worker  maybe  able  to  fit  them  to 
one  of  P.  Heude's  names. 


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Nycticebus  tardigradus  (Linn.) 

A   skin  of  a    female  from    Bongao.      The   skull   exhibits    but   two 
incisors  in  upper  jaw  which  is  considered  a  character  of  X.  javanicus. 


May,  1896.     Sundry  Collections  of  Mammals — Elliot.  71 

The  color  of  the  fur  on  back  and  sides  is  tawny  ochraceous,  darkest  in 
middle  of  the  back,  with  an  irregular  blackish-brown  stripe  from 
forehead  over  the  top  of  the  head  and  middle  of  back  to  loins. 
White  stripe  on  nose  to  forehead  and  one  above  eyes  to  cheeks. 
Sides  and  back  of  neck  grayish. 

Hystrix  crassispinis   G'itnth. 

One  example  from  Borneo. 

In  their  Memoir  published  by  the  Minnesota  Academy  of  Natural 
Sciences,  in  December  1894,  Messrs.  Bourns  and  Worcester  give 
Hystrix  pumila  Giinth,  from  Palawan  and  Calamianes.  but  make  no 
mention  of  the  present  species.  Mr.  Worcester  in  a  letter  to  me  states 
that  while  a  number  of  specimens  of  a  porcupine  were  obtained  in 
the  islands  above  named,  and  which  are  pronounced  H.  pumila  by  Mr. 
Everett,  several  examples  of  another  species  were  procured  in  Borneo. 
It  is  undoubtedly  one  of  these  last  I  have  received,  as  I  have  not 
seen  any  specimens  of  //.  pumila. 

Scotophilia  temminckii  (Borsf.). 

Four  specimens  from  the  island  of  Panay. 

These  examples  are  apparently  S.  temminckii  as  given  by  Dob- 
son,  although  they  do  not  exactly  agree  with  his  description.  They 
are  exactly  alike  and  have  the  entire  upper  parts  prout's  brown, 
under  parts  pale  buff.  Forearm,  1  ~%  inches;  thumb,  \\  first  finger, 
■2  inches;  second  finger,  $'3;  third  finger,  2^;  fourth  finger,  2}/&\ 
tail,  1  }£  ;  tibia,  ^4.  It  will  be  seen  that  the  measurements  are  smaller 
than  those  given  by  Dobson,  but  as  he  states  specimens  vary  greatly, 
both  in  color  and  size,  I  have  considered  these  from  Panay  as 
.V.  temminckii. 

Semnopithecus  pruinosus  Dam. 

An  adult  and  young  from  Borneo. 

Hylobates  concolor  .V.  Miiller. 
Adult  from  Borneo. 


ji  Field  Columbian  Museum — Zoology,  Vol.  i. 


2.  I  HI  FOLLOWING  1>  A  LIST  OF  SPECIMENS  PROCURED  FROM  PROF.  J.  B. 
STEERE,  COLLECTED  IN  THE  PHILIPPINE  ISLANDS,  AND  REPRESEN1 
5PECIES   NOT  DETERMIN  ED  i:\     HIM. 

Cervus  steerii  sp.  inn'.  Plates  VIII— X. 

Basilan,  Philippine  Archipelago  (Steere). 

General  Characters.  Hair  coarse  and  harsh,  spreading  out  from 
a  circle  on  top  of  the  shoulders  as  seen  in  the  Water  Buck  iCobus 
ellipsiprymnus)  and  some  other  African  antelopes.  General  form  of 
body  stout  and  heavy,  with  stout,  rather  short  legs,  the  hind  ones 
longer  than  those  in  front.  Ears  small  and  rather  narrow,  and  cov- 
ered with  hair  within  and  without.  Head  long  and  narrow,  especially 
at  the  nasal  region,  which  is  suddenly  contracted  in  front  of  the 
upper  tooth  row.  Nose  pointed.  Hoofs  broad  for  their  length  and 
heavy,  with  a  wide  spread,  and  rounded  at  the  tip,  not  pointed. 

Adult  Male.  Nose  and  sides  of  face  vandyke  brown,  the  tips  of 
the  hairs  ferrugineous.  A  small  space  above  the  nostrils  blackish- 
brown  without  any  ferrugineous.  Bare  end  of  nose  and  center  of 
upper  lip  brownish-black.  No  mark  of  a  mustache  as  in  C.  pliilip- 
phuis.  Forehead,  nostrils,  sides  of  upper  lip,  back  of  head  to  ante- 
rior border  of  eyes,  and  inner  sides  of  horn  pedicles,  black,  each  hair 
largely  tipped  with  ferrugineous.  Beneath  the  eyes,  cheeks  and  outer 
side  of  horn  pedicles  bright  ferrugineous.  Ears  black  behind  and 
white  inside.  Back  of  neck  and  line  to  center  of  shoulders  vandyke 
brown.  No  dorsal  streak.  Sides  of  neck,  back,  sides  of  body,  out- 
sides  of  legs  to  ankles,  and  tail  above  and  below,  prout's  brown. 
Chin  and  sides  of  under  lip  for  half  its  apical  length  vandyke  brown. 
Lower  sides  and  between  jaws  whitish  or  yellowish-white.  Chest 
between  fore  legs,  entire  belly  and  insides  of  thighs  yellowish-white, 
with  a  strong  tinge  of  buff  on  the  belly.  Inside  of  legs  whitey-brown. 
Hoofs  blackish-brown  at  base,  remainder  pale  yellow.  Horns  rough- 
ened for  their  entire  length,  and  except  the  tips  of  the  tines,  black. 
Tip  of  tines  and  edges  of  roughened  portions  of  the  beam,  yellow- 
ish-white. 

Skull  of  Male.  Roof  of  cranial  cavity  convex  from  middle  of 
orbits  to  supra-occipital,  the  slope  being  most  marked  from  between 
the  pedicles  to  base  of  skull.  Facial  portion  flat  and  broad,  retaining 
its  width  to  second  premolar,  when  it  narrows  rapidly,  and  is  depressed 
markedly  at  the  junction  of  the  nasals  and  maxillae  anterior  to  the 
antorbital    vacuity.      Antorbital   fossa    large  and  deep,   being  nearly 


M  \v.  [896.     Sundry  Collections  of  Mammals  —  Elliot.  73 

equal  in  length  to  the  diameter  of  the  orbit,  and  occupying  nearly  all 
the  lachrymal.  Nasals  broad  at  their  junction,  with  the  frontals  nar- 
rowing rapidly  for  one-third  their  length,  then  continuing  with  equal 
width  beyond  the  junction  with  the  premaxillae,  when  they  narrow  to 
a  point.  Antorbital  vacuity  moderate,  longer  than  wide,  being  a 
moderate  slit  at  the  junction  of  tbe  frontal,  nasal,  lachrymal  and  max- 
illa. Pedicles  of  moderate  height  and  rather  stout,  rising  behind 
the  orbit  just  in  front  of  the  parietal  suture,  and  inclined  backwards, 
and  directed  above  the  plane  of  the  face  and  the  convexity  of  the 
frontals!  Auditory  bulla'  very  small;  condyles  large.  Paroccipital 
process  broad  at  top,  compressed  laterally,  curving  inwards  and 
graduating  to  a  point,  l'remaxilla  rather  broad,  considerably  exceed- 
ing in  length  the  upper  molar  series.  Teeth  large,  the  molars  pos- 
sessing  prominent  supplementary  columns.  Canines  small,  slightly 
curved  and  pointed,  on  upper  jaw  only.  Length  of  parietal  suture 
about  equal  to  its  greatest  width.  Coronoid  process  of  mandible 
long,  of  about  an  even  width  and  curving  backwards,  its  upper 
extremitv  extending  beyond  the  posterior  edge  of  condyle.  This  last 
transverse  projection  is  broadest  and  flattest  on  its  anterior  border, 
tapering  to  a  sharp  edge  on  the  exterior.  The  inferior  dental  fora- 
mina are  pyriform  in  shape,  the  pointed  end  upwards,  while  the 
mental  foramina  are  oblong  slits  lengthwise  with  the  mandible. 
When  the  jaws  are  closed  the  first  lower  premolar  lies  beyond  and  in 
front  of  the  first  upper  premolar. 

Skull  of  Female.  The  cranial  cavity,  like  that  of  the  male,  is  de- 
cidedly convex  above,  the  slope  however  being  most  abrupt  anteriorly 
to  between  the  orbits:  differing  in  this  respect  from  the  skull  of  the 
male,  which  has  the  slope  most  pronounced  to  the  supraoccipital. 
Facial  portion  rather  flat  and  narrow,  and  the  contraction  of  the 
maxillae  at  first  premolar  is  not  so  conspicuously  apparent  as  in  the 
male.  The  antorbital  fossa  is  large  and  deep  and  of  comparatively 
equal  dimension:  and  the  antorbital  vacuity  is  very  long  and  wide. 
The  nasals  are  broad  posteriorly,  narrowing  rather  sharply  about 
midway  their  length  and  continue  with  equal  width  beyond  the  pos- 
terior border  of  the  premaxilla?.  Auditory  bullae  quite  small.  Teeth 
much  worn,  are  large,  with  supplementary  columns  not  so  prominent 
as  in  the  male;  the  canines  short  and  blunt  at  point.  The  outline  of 
mandible,  with  the  size  and  shape  of  the  inferior  dental,  and 
mental  foramina  are  the  same  as  those  seen  in  the  male.  The  gen- 
eral appearance  of  the  skull  is  long  and  narrow  when  compared  with 
that  of  the  male,  but  its  main  characteristics  do  not  differ,  and  while 
not  so  pronounced!  the  contraction  of  the  maxilla1  in  front  of  first 
premolar  is  equally  great  when  compared  with  the  general  width  of 
the  superior  surface. 


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Ml    ISl  REMEN  PS. 

FEET.      IN'  HES, 

Animal.     Height  at  shoulder, I  io1.. 

Height  at  rump,       ...            ...  2          8% 

Length  from  nose  to  root  of  tail,  3          8 

Length  of  ear  outside, o         3^ 

Lengtli  of  opening,         - o          2% 

Antler  from  burr  to  extreme  tip,         -  o          o 

Brow  antler  outside,       ------  0          2% 

Brow  antler  inside,      -         -        -         -         -        -  o           i1, 

Inner  tine  inside,             o          2- 

Circumference  of  burr,       -  o          3% 

Circumference  of  beam  at  base,             -        -         -  o           \= 

Length  of  humerus,             -        -         -        -         -  o  6.15 

Length  of  ulna,               -        -        -         -         -         -  o  7.25 

Length  of  radius,        ------  0  5.50 

Length  of  metacarpal  canon  bone,        -         -         -  o  4.50 

Length  of  femur,         ---...  0  7.25 

Length  of  tibia, -        -  o  7.75 

Length  of  metatarsal  canon  bone,      -         -        -  o  5. 50 

Skull.     Total  length,            -        -         -        -        -         -         -  o  8.75 

Tip  of  premaxilla  to  tip  of  nasals,    ...  o  1.20 

Length  of  nasals,    -------  o  2.80 

Anterior  rim  of  orbit  to  tip  of  premaxilla,          -  o  4.50 

Upper  end  of  nasals  to  fronto-parietal  suture,      -  0  3.25 

Width  of  skull  one  inch  in  front  of  orbits,     -  o  2.80 

Width  of  skull  two  inches  in  front  of  orbits,         -  o  1  .  16 

Extent  of  upper  premolars,        -        -        -        -  o  1.25 

Extent  of  upper  molars,         -         -        -         -         -  o  1.70 

Extent  of  lower  premolars,         -                  -         -  o  1.37 

Extentof  lower  molars.          -----  o  1. 80 

Length  of  premaxilla, o  2.10 

Skull  of     Total  length,   -         - o  9. 

Female.     Tip  of  premaxilla  to  tip  of  nasals,       -  o  1.30 

Length  of  nasals,  -03. 

Anterior  rim  of  orbit  to  top  of  premaxilla,         -  o  4.75 

Upper  end  of  nasals  to  fronto-parietal  suture,      -  o  3. 

Width  of  skull  one  inch  in  front  of  orbit,            -  o  2.75 

Width  of  skull  two  inches  in  front  of  orbit,            -  o  1.00 

Extent  of  upper  premolars,         -         -         -         -  o  1.10 

Extent  of  upper  molars,          -----  o  1.40 

Extent  of  lower  premolars,         -        -        -        -  o  1.10 

Extent  of  lower  molars,           -----  o  [.65 

Length  .of  premaxilla?,        -----  o  1.80 

This  apparently  new  species  of  Rusine  deer  was  procured  by 
Professor  Steere  in  the  island  of  Basilan  of  the  Philippine  Archipe- 
lago. It  has  certain  characters  in  horns,  skull  and  color  of  pelage 
which  seem  to  separate  it  from  all  the  species  Heretofore  described, 
and  which  would    belong   to  that  division  of   the   Cervidae  designated 


May.  1896.     Sundry  Collections  of  Mammals — Elliot.  75 

by  Sir  Victor  Brooke  as  having  "  the  outer  tine  always  surpassing  the 
inner  tine  in  length. "  The  specimen  serving  as  the  type,  and  which  is 
the  only  one  I  have  seen,  is  a  fully  adult  male,  and  the  horns  for 
their  size  are  heavy  and  rough.  In  shape  they  are  very  different 
from  those  of  C.  philippinus  (P '.  Z.  S. ,  1S66,  p.  367,  called  C.  marian- 
nus,  and  1877,  pi.  VIII),  the  brow  antler  of  C.  sieerii  being  quite  short, 
straight,  diverging  rapidly  to  a  point,  and  joining  the  beam  at  a  sharp 
angle.  The  inner  tine  is  of  the  same  shape  and  of  about  the  same 
size  as  the  brow  antler,  and  bends  backwards  and  very  slightly 
inwards.  The  burr  is  rather  small,  and  but  slightly  larger  than  the 
beam  in  circumference.  The  latter  is  thick  and  straight,  with  little 
or  no  taper,  the  outer  tine,  which  curves  slightly  inward,  being  simply 
the  natural  prolongation  of  the  beam  to  a  point.  It  is  widest  at  the 
fork  of  the  inner  and  outer  tines. 

From  C.  nigricans,  Brooke,  the  present  animal  differs  in  the  color 
of  the  coat,  which  is  much  brighter  than  that  of  Sir  Victor  Brooke's 
species,  (P.  Z.  S.,  1877,  p.  57,)  and  also  from  the  form  of  the  skull  of 
C.  nigricans,  a  figure  of  which  taken  from  a  female  is  given  in 
P.  Z.  S.,  1877,  pi-  X.  Some  allowance  must  be  made  for  the  differ- 
ence in  sex,  but  the  general  form  of  the  two  skulls  is  quite  different, 
the  facial  portion  of  C.  sieerii  being  quite  flat  and  depressed  in  the 
middle  of  the  frontals  between  the  orbits,  while  the  maxillae  are 
sharply  reduced  in  width  from  the  anterior  border  of  the  second  pre- 
molar to  the  premaxillary  suture,  forming  a  narrow,  rather  sharp 
nose.  The  nasals  at  their  upper  posterior  border  are  quite  broad,  but 
narrow  very  sharply  at  about  one-third  their  length  from  the  junc- 
tion with  the  frontals.  The  shape  of  the  antorbital  vacuity  is  very 
different,  being  quite  sharply  pointed  at  its  lower  end  and  the  antor- 
bital fossa  is  larger  and  deeper.  There  is  quite  a  difference  in  the 
dimensions  between  the  skulls  of  the  two  animals,  more  than  the  fact 
of  sex  would  seem  to  warrant,  even  in  the  same  species.  There  is  no 
longitudinal  suture  dividing  the  malar,  but  this  unusual  peculiarity  in 
the  skull  of  the  type  of  C.  nigricans  is  probably,  as  suggested  by  its 
describer,  an  individual  and  not  a  specific  character. 

I  am  unable  to  find  any  description  of  a  deer  answering  to  the  spec- 
imen collected  by  Professor  Steere,  and  the  locality  is  one  from 
which  zoological  examples  have  not  often  been  obtained.  As  I  have 
already  stated  in  a  former  portion  of  this  paper,  I  have  not  seen  P. 
Heude's  descriptions  of  Philippine  deer,  but  as  a  copy  is  not  obtain- 
able of  his  memoir,  I  can  only  trust  that  the  present  species  has 
escaped  the  shower  of  names  he  appears  to  have  bestowed  upon  the 
Cervida-  of  the  Philippine  Archipelago.  Professor  Steere  writes 
me  as  follows  about   this  species:    "The  Basilan  Cervus  was   found 


~b  Field  Columbian   Museum  —  Zoology,  Vol.  I. 

occupying  the  higher  parts  of  the  island,  in  a  country  of  steep,  rocky 
ridges,  covered  thickly  with  timber  and  thick  undergrowth.  In  the  val- 
leys were  shallow  streams.  I  took  it  rather  for  a  mountaineer  than  a 
swamp  inhabiter,  though  the  whole  country  was  dripping  with  moist- 
ure at  the  time  of  my  visit,  and  the  higher  lands  in  the  Philippines  are 
always  the  swampiest.  We  have  one  male  mounted  in  the  museum 
of  the  University  of  Michigan.  I  noticed  that  all  the  deer  procured 
in  Basilan  were  closely  alike  in  color,  size  and  character  of  horns.  I 
believe  the  skin  and  skull  you  have,  with  a  skin  of  a  doe  and  the 
buck  mounted  here,  were  all  the  specimens  we  procured  from  Basi- 
lan. 1  have  an  impression  that  the  same  differentiation  of  species 
of  Cervus  exists  in  the  Philippines  as  I  found  so  prominent  in  many 
genera  of  birds." 

From  C.  philippinus  the  present  species  differs  in  the  shape  of  the 
horns,  especially  of  the  brow  antlers,  which  are  much  shorter  rela- 
tively to  the  length  of  the  beam  and  straight.  The  horns  figured 
of  C.  philippinus  in  P.  Z.  S.,  1S66,  p.  367,  and  1S77,  p.  56,  as  C. 
mariannus,  but  which  are  considered  by  Sir  Victor  Brooke  to  belong 
to  C.  philippinus,  the  two  species  being  identical,  are  entirely  different 
in  shape  and  relative  proportion  of  tines,  from  the  horns  of  C.  steerii. 
The  color  of  the  two  animals  is  different,  and  the  new  species  is 
without  the  mustache  and  other  characteristic  marks  on  the  face. 
The  tarsal  gland  is  not  marked  by  any  particularly  colored  spot 
whatever. 

Tragulus  nigricans    Thomas.  Pi  vie  XI. 

A  skeleton  of  an  adult  animal  from  Balabac,  which  I  presume 
belongs  to  this  species.  Figures  are  given  of  the  upper  surface  and 
profile  of  the  skull.  This  is  probably  the  species  given  by  Messrs. 
Dean  and  Worcester  as  T.  javanicus. 

Pteropus   jubatus  Eschol. 

Two  specimens,  male  and  female,  from  Concepcion,    Panay. 

Pteropus  edulis   Geoff. 

Two  specimens,  male  and  female,  from  Island  of  Leyte. 

Pteropus  hypomelanus  Temm. 

Four  examples,  male  and  female,  from  Concepcion,  Panay.  and 
a  male  and  supposed  female  from  Guimares.  This  last  specimen  is 
very  differently  colored  from  the  female  obtained  at  Concepcion.  The 
entire  neck  and  upper  part  of  the  back  being  a  yellowish  buff  grading 
into  a  rusty  red,  and  continuing  as  a  collar  of  yellowish  buff  on  shoul- 
ders and  on  top  of  breast,  where,  however,  it  is  very  narrow.      Middle 


May,  1896.     Sundry  Collei  riONS  01    Mammals     Elliot.  77 

of  breast  and  abdomen  pale  yellow,  grading  into  red  on  the  sides  and 
then  into  black  along  the  edge  of  wing  membrane. 

Pteropus  auri-nuchalis  .»/.  nov.  Ti  IT]    XII. 

Two  males  from  Leyte  Island  (Steere). 

Ears  about  as  long  as  the  muzzle,  obtusely  pointed.  Interfem- 
oral  membrane  narrow  in  the  center,  covered  thinly  with  fur.  \\"ini;s 
from  sides  of  back. 

Adult  Male.  Sides  of  face,  forehead,  line  over  the  eyes,  and 
throat  black.  Fur  verv  thin  on  throat.  Crown  of  head  dusky,  hairs 
tipped  with  yellow.  Nape  golden  yellow,  with  a  narrow  line  of  orange 
on  back  of  neck.  Sides  of  neck  and  upper  part  of  back  at  base  of 
neck  maroon  grading  into  brownish-black,  and  succeeded  on  rest  of 
back  by  reddish-brown.  Fur  on  lower  side  of  body  black  with  a 
maroon  tinge  on  front  of  neck.  Many  yellow  hairs  interspersed 
among  the  black  on  body  below  the  chest.  The  fur  on  all  the  body, 
except  the  back  below  the  shoulders  is  woolly  and  rather  long,  but 
below  the  shoulders  it  is  short  and  smooth.  There  is  but  little  hair 
upon  the  wing  membranes  above,  but  on  the  lower  side,  the  humerus 
is  completely  covered  with  blackish-brown  fur.  and  this  extends  over 
the  membrane  to  two-thirds  the  length  of  the  forearm.  Thighs  cov- 
ered with  blackish-brown  fur.      Color  of  membrane  pale  brown. 

Length  of  forearm,  j'j  inches:  thumb,  without  claw.  :  '4  :  first 
finger,  5:  second  finger,  metacarpal,  $],2\  first  phal..  4;  second  phal., 
6inches;  third  finger,  metacarpal,  5;  first  phal.,  333:  second  phal.,  3^  ; 
fourth  finger,  metacarpal.  5 '4  ;  first  phal..  2--;-;:  second  phal.,  2  '4  ; 
tibia,  3?     in. 

Skull.  First  upper  premolar  deciduous.  Premolars  and  molars 
without  posterior  basal  projections.  A  moderate  sagittal  and  occip- 
ital crest.  Orbit  incompletely  surrounded  by  bone.  Upper  incisors 
with  a  slight  space  between  the  middle  and  outer,  the  middle  being 
the  larger.  Lower  incisors  grooved  on  top  and  behind,  the  middle 
ones  slightly  smaller  than  the  outer,  and  all  filling  the  space  between 
the  canines.  A  wide  diastema  between  the  canine  and  second  pre- 
molar. Molars  and  premolars  longer  than  broad  in  both  jaws,  with 
inner  cusps  well  developed.  Last  lower  molar  with  a  round  crown. 
Last  upper  molar  longer  than  first  lower  premolar,  which  again  is 
about  equal  to  last  lower  molar.  Teeth  of  both  jaws,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  last  two  lower  molars  sharp  pointed.  Nasals  broadest  and 
square  at  anterior  end.  Frontals  greatly  depressed  between  orbits. 
Total  length  of  skull  2'j  inches;  width  at  orbits,  i's:  extent  of 
upper  molar  series  '3  inch,  of  lower  molar  series,  i-;n  inches.  Length 
of  nasal  from  junction  with  the  frontal  to  anterior  apex,  1^8  inches. 


;s  Field  Columbian  Museum — Zoology,  Vol.  i. 

These  two  specimens  are  evidentl}'  fully  adult,  and  do  not  seem 
to  agree  with  the  description  of  any  species  of  Pteropus  that  I  have 
been  able  to  discover.  The)'  are  almost  precisely  alike,  the  one  not 
selected  for  the  type,  having  more  yellow  on  the  back  of  the  head,  and 
the  upper  part  of  back  and  sides  of  neck  are  a  dark  foxy  or  maroon 
red  instead  of  dark  maroon  like  the  type.  In  other  respects  there  is 
no  difference  between  them.  It  is  a  large  species  with  great  expanse 
of  membrane. 

The  locality  is  a  new  one,  and  although  some  of  the  members  of 
this  genus  have  a  wide  distribution,  it  would  not  be  surprising  to  find 
one  very  local  in  its  habitat. 

Regarding  this  species  Professor  Steere  writes:  "  Leite  is  a  more 
modern  Spanish  way  of  spelling  Leyte,  the  name  of  the  more  westerly 
of  the  two  large  southeastern  islands  of  the  Philippines.  The  two 
islands  are  practically  one  in  fauna,  and  are  only  separated  by  a  nar- 
row river  like  arm  of  the  sea.  In  this  channel,  at  a  small  low  island, 
about  half  a  mile  from  either  shore,  I  procured  the  bats  sent  you, 
labelled  Leite.  Here  there  seemed  to  be  several  species  inhabiting 
the  same  roost  and  they  were  hanging  from  the  branches  of  tall,  bare 
bamboos.  The  fruit  bats  of  the  Philippines  prefer  small  islands  for 
their  roosts,  but  will  take  up  with  other  isolated  localities.  I  found 
one  roost  on  Negros  occupying  one  immense  hard  wood  tree  standing 
by  itself  far  from  the  forest  on  the  plains  of  the  western  side  of  the 
island.  Where  they  are  not  hunted  for  food  by  the  natives,  they 
sometimes  roost  near  the  native  houses  or  villages  for  protection. 
Their  roosts  seem  to  be  permanently  occupied.  We  found  the  spec- 
imens we  procured  had  been  feeding  upon  the  palm  juice  which  the 
natives  were  collecting  for  saquir  (toddy).  The  bats  visit  the  trees  at 
night  and  drink  the  juice  from  the  cups  hung  on  the  trees." 

Pteropus  lucifer  sp.  nov.  Plate  XIII. 

Hab.  Concepcion,  Panay.  Philippine  Islands  (Steere). 

Adult  Male.  Hair  on  top  of  head  and  occiput  tipped  with  bright 
yellow.  Broad  band  on  napeorange-ochraceous  passing  into  reddish- 
brown  on  upper  back.  Sides  of  head  beneath  ears  dark  chestnut. 
Rest  of  back  to  rump  blackish-brown,  with  a  few  yellowish  hairs  on 
middle  of  back.  Throat  and  entire  under  parts  black,  with  numerous 
grayish  hairs  scattered  over  the  body,  and  a  slight  reddish  tinge 
below  the  throat.  Hair  extending  a  short  distance  on  the  wing  mem- 
brane above  along  the  humerus  blackish-brown  like  lower  back. 
Beneath,  membrane  covered  almost  entirely  on  both  sides  of  the 
humerus,  and  for  nearly  two-thirds  the  length  of  the  forearm  with 
woolly    reddish-brown  hair.      Interfemoral   membrane  very    narrow, 


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and  entirely  covered  with  hair  in  the  middle.  Tibia  covered  with 
hair  for  half  the  length  above,  naked  below.  Ears  broad,  narrowing 
towards  the  tip,  which  is  rounded. 

Skull.  Sagittal  and  occipital  crests  present;  orbits  incompletely 
surrounded  with  bone.  First  premolar  deciduous;  upper  incisors 
pointed,  outer  broader  than  inner,  lower  very  small  but  filling  space 
between  canines,  the  outer  about  twice  the  width  of  the  inner. 
Upper  premolar,  first  and  second  upper  molars,  and  second  lower 
premolar,  with  two  antero-internal  basal  cusps,  the  anterior  one  quite 
small.  First  lower  premolar  slightly  larger  than  last  lower  molar, 
and  both  with  round  crowns.  Last  upper  molar  triangular,  with 
one  antero- external  cusp.  Length  of  skull  from  occiput  to  an- 
terior end  of  nasal  3^6  inches.  Length  of  upper  molar  series  five- 
eighths  of  an  inch,  lower  molar  series  three-fourths  of  an  inch.  The 
sagittal  and  occipital  crests  vary  apparently  among  individuals,  pos- 
sibly on  account  of  age,  for  while  the  type  has  low  crests,  the  other 
specimen  possesses  crests  of  considerable  height. 

Length  of  forearm,  6)2  inches:  thumb,  without  claw,  i-'4  inches; 
first  finger,  4^ ;  second  finger,  metacar.,  4  "-2;  first  phal.,  33,8;  second 
phal..  5L'  inches;  third  finger,  metacar.,  4;  first  phal,  2%;  second 
phal.,  234';  fourth  finger,  metacar.,  4'_-;  first  phal.,  2}£;  second 
phal.,   1  "3;    tibia,  23^  inches;     extent  of  wings,  5*2  inches. 

Two  specimens  of  this  bat,  both  males,  are  in  the  possession  of 
this  institution.  Regarding  them  Prof.  Steere  writes:  "  The  black 
bats  of  Panay  were  found  occupying  a  roost  in  some  tall  clumps  of 
spiny  bamboos,  among  the  rice  fields  and  almost  over  some  of  the 
native  houses.  They  were  thickly  clustered  in  the  tops  of  the  bam- 
boos, hundreds  of  them  together.  As  we  fired  among  them  they  rose 
and  flew  about  overhead,  squealing  as  they  flew,  but  soon  settled 
again.  There  seemed  to  be  at  least  three  species,  inhabiting  the 
roost  together,  but  each  species  in  trees  by  itself.  All  the  species  of 
Pteropus  from  Panay  sent  you,  were  from  this  roost."  I  can  find  no 
description  answering  for  this  species,  which  seems  nearest  allied  to 
P.  alecto,   Tcmm. 

Cynonycteris  amplexicaudata  Geoff. 

Two  examples  from  Dumaguete,  Island  of  Negros. 

Phyllorina  diadema  Geoff. 

Two  specimens  from  Guimares. 


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3.  THE  FOLLOWING  SPECIES  WERE  CONTAINED  IN  A  SMALL  COLLECTION 
FROM  YUCATAN,  OBTAINED  BY  MR.  H.  H.  BROWN  AND  PRESENTED  TO 
THE  MUSEUM  BY   MR.   C.    B.    CORY. 

Oryzomys  — ? 

Two  males  without  skulls,  therefore  it  is  impossible  satisfactorily 
to  determine  the  species. 

Sciurus  yucatanensis  Allen. 

Two  examples  of  females  from  Rio  Lagotos  and  San  Felipe. 

This  form  described  as  a  sub-species  by  Mr.  J.  A.  Allen  presents 
such  a  different  appearance  from  the  common  species,  S.  caroii- 
nensis,  and  has  so  little  in  common  with  that  animal,  that  I  deem 
it  entitled  to  specific  rank. 

Mus  musculus  Linn. 

One  female  from  Rio  Lagotos. 

Dasyprocta  punctata   Gray. 

One  specimen  from  Rio  Lagotos. 

Lepus  sylviaticus  aztecus  Allen. 

Five  males  from  San  Felipe  of  this  strongly  marked  race. 

Urocyon  cinereo-argentatus  fraterculus,  sub.  sp.  nov. 

San  Felipe,  Yucatan. 

A, lull  Male.  Top  of  head  silvery-gray  with  very  little  rufous 
perceptible,  the  hair  being  black  at  base,  tipped  with  grayish-white. 
Center  of  head  darkest  from  nose  to  behind  the  ears,  the  black  dom- 
inating the  gray.  A  superciliary  grayish-white  stripe  from  base  of 
nose  to  back  of  eyes.  Back  of  head  and  neck  gray  with  the  fulvous 
under  fur  showing,  and  giving  to  this  part  a  wash  of  that  color. 
Back  and  sides  dark  gray,  the  black  predominating;  lower  back  to 
root  of  tail  almost  entirely  black,  merely  sprinkled  with  gray.  Nose 
black;  base  of  ears  behind  dark  fulvous,  almost  chestnut,  rest  of  ears 
to  tips  brownish-gray.  Sides  of  neck  and  band  across  chest  pale 
fulvous.  Chin  black,  grading  into  the  pure  white  of  the  neck  in 
front.  Rest  of  under  parts  buff)'  white.  Legs  gray  above,  dark  ful- 
vous on  outer  sides,  rich  buff  beneath  and  on  inner  sides,  with  a 
whitish  line  on  inside  of  thighs.  Tail  silvery-gray  with  a  brownish- 
black  line  down  the  center,  and  a  rufous  one  beneath;  tip  black. 
Total  length  from  tip  of  nose  to  root  of  tail  sixteen  inches,  hind  foot 


May,  1896.      Sundry  Collections  of  Mammals — Elliot.  81 

from  heel  to  end  of  toes  3^  inches.  Arm  from  elbow  to  end  of  claw 
5' _■  inches.  Tail  from  root  to  end  of  hairs  1 3  '  _>  inches.  Ear,  height 
posteriorly  two  inches,  width  one  inch. 

The  young  resembles  the  adult  but  is  generally  darker  on  the 
back,  and  without  any  bands  across  the  chest,  this  part  being  pure 
white.  The  upper  median  line  of  the  tail,  and  the  tip,  are  jet  black, 
without  any  of  the  brownish  tinge  seen  in  the  adult. 

This  sub-species,  besides  being  very  much  smaller  in  all  its 
measurements  than  typical  U.  cinereo-argentatus,  is  easily  recog- 
nizable by  the  very  much  darker  coloring  of  the  upper  parts,  and  the 
type  presents  but  little  of  the  rich  rufous  coloration  so  conspicuous 
in  the  well-known  species.  The  back  of  the  ears  is  also  very  differ- 
ently colored,  the  dark  fulvous  being  confined  to  the  base. 

An  example,  apparently,  of  this  sub-species,  in  the  New  York 
American  Museum  of  Natural  History,  from  Santo  Domingo.  Tehuan- 
tepec,  collected  by  Dr.  Buller,  is  even  darker  than  the  above 
described  type,  and  also  somewhat  larger.  The  sides  of  the  neck 
and  under  parts  are  dark  fulvous,  more  like  typical  foxes  from  the 
northern  part  of  the  United  States.  The  back  is  very  dark,  almost 
black.  It  was  procured  in  April,  and  probably  exhibits  the  full 
pelage  of  winter  to  better  advantage  than  the  type  of  the  sub-species 
which  was  obtained  nearly  two  months  later  in  the  year.  The  flanks 
of  the  Tehuantepec  specimen  are  deep  buff  mixed  with  gray,  which 
hue  on  this  part,  is  absent  in  the  Yucatan  example. 

These  individuals  represent  a  well-marked  race,  of  darker  pelage 
and  smaller  size  than  the  other  described  forms,  andftare  easily  to  be 
distinguished. 


82  Field  Columbian  Museum — Zoology,  Vox,,  i. 


J  MM  SPECIES  GIVEN  BELOW  WERE  COLLECTED  BV  MR.  G.  K.  CHERR1K, 
ASSISTANT  CURATOR  OF  ORNITHOLOGY  IN  THE  FIELD  COLUMBIAN 
MUSEUM,  IN    ["HEISLANDO!    SAN    DOMINGO,  IN    rHE  WINTER  OF  1 895. 

Mus  alexandrinus  Geoff. 

Two  specimens,  an  adult  male  and  a  young  male,  from  Catare. 

Mus  decumanus  Pall. 

Six  specimens,  two  females  from   Hondviras,   and   oue  male  and 
three  females  from  Catare. 

Mus    alexandrinus.  ) 
Mus  decumanus.       j" 

A    female    from    Catare,   evidently  a  hybrid  between  the   above 
species. 

Mus  rattus  Linn, 

One  female  from  Catare. 

Mus  musculus  Linn. 

One  male  and  three  females  from  Catare. 

Herpestes  griseus  {Desm). 

One  example  from  San  Domingo  City,  introduced. 

Mormops  blainvillii  Leach. 

A  single  male  of  this  curious  bat  from  Aquacate,  remarkable  for 
the  great  elevation  of  the  crown  of  the  head  above  the  face. 

Macrotus  waterhousei  Gray. 

Two  males  from  San  Domingo  City. 

Phyllonycteris  poeyi  Gundl.  &•  Peters. 

One  male  from  San  Cristobal. 

Artibeus  perspicillatus  (Linn). 

A  single  male  specimen  from  San  Cristobal. 


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skull  of  Cervus 
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PLATE  VI. 

?  -Male. 

View  from  above. 
"  "      side. 

below. 


Skull  of  Cervus- 7 — Male. 


PLATE  VII. 

of  Cervus ? — Female. 

Fig.   i.     View  from  above. 

2.  "         "      side. 

3.  "  "      below. 


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Skull  of  Cervus '—Female. 


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PLATE   VUI. 
Head  of  Cervus  steerii. — Male. 


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ZOOLOGY,    PL.  VIII. 


Head  of  Cervus  steerii.— Male. 


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PLATE  IX. 

Skull  of  Cervus  steerii. — Male. 

Fig.  I.     View  from  above. 
-.         "  "      side. 

3.        "         "      below. 


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Skull  of  Cervus  steerii. — Ms_e 


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PLATE  X. 

Skull  of  Cervus  steerii  —  Female. 

Fig.  i.     View  from  above. 
2.        "        "      side, 
below. 


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Skull  of  Cervus  steerii. — Female. 


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PLATE  XI. 

Skull  of  Tragulus  nigricans. — Male. 
Fig.  I.     View  from  above. 

2.  "         "      side. 

3.  "         "      below. 


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ZOOLOGY,   PL.  XI. 


Skull  of  Tragulus  nigricans. — Male. 


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PLATE  XII. 

Skull  of  Pieropus  auri-nuchalis. — Male. 
Fig.  l.    View  from  above. 

2.  "         "      side. 

3.  "         "      below. 

4.  "       of  lower  jaw. 


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Skull  of  Pteropus  auri-nuchalis. — Male. 


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PLATE   Mil. 

of   Pteropus  lucifer. —  Male. 
Fig.  I.     View  from  above, 
j.  "       side. 

3.         "  "       below. 


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Skull  of  Pteropus  lucifer— Male. 


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